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Last month, the town learned that the state had taken pity on the Elliot Street Bridge. The state has placed the town into its “Bridge Deck Replacement Program,” even without the town applying, Town Manager Peter Elwell said Sept. 29. During an interview this summer, Department Of Public Works staff told The Commons that it would cost the town approximately $1.2 million to repair the 69-year old bridge. A hole in the bridge's deck has narrowed traveling to one lane.
Though we don't know for certain, the scientific evidence, as well as our own observations, is pretty convincing that we are rapidly approaching, or have actually entered near-term extinction. That is, we have either precious little time to avoid climate apocalypse. Or it's already too late. In any case, we really have only one choice at this point in time as to how we go about living our lives. It is the choice of no-choice, the only choice we have...
Broadway comes to Saxtons River as some of the area's most talented performers present a cabaret of show-stopping tunes Friday and Saturday, Jan. 23 and 24, at 7 p.m. at Main Street Arts. The third annual My Favorite Broadway is a fundraiser for MSA theater productions and is the first event to be held in MSA's newly renovated space at 35 Main St. The cabaret promises a rousing evening and includes tunes from MSA's upcoming March production of “Les Misérables,”
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